{"id":386,"date":"2020-02-06T20:24:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/podcast-statistics\/"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:03:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T07:33:51","slug":"podcast-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/podcast-statistics","title":{"rendered":"36 podcast statistics that shows the growing popularity of the medium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who\u2019d have thought Podcasts – a portmanteau of words iPod and broadcasting – become so popular? While the word was coined back in 2004, the medium took its own sweet time to gain followership. And the breakout moment appeared in 2014 with the launch of Serial, which became the fastest podcast to reach 5 million downloads. Fast forward to now, and podcasts have become much more common with not just print publications having podcasts, but a lot of celebrities joining the bandwagon too. <\/p>\n

Still unable to believe that podcasts are here to stay? Well, then read on as we\u2019ve collated podcast metrics, statistics and insights to show how popular podcasts have become.<\/p>\n

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